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Koine Greek wordlink #123082

SR GNT 2Cor 4:16 διαφθείρεται (diaftheiretai) ‘outside of us person is_being ruined but the person inside’ Strongs=13110 Lemma=diaftheirō
Word role=verb mood=indicative tense=present voice=passive person=3rd number=singular

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Only use of identical word form διαφθείρεται (V-IPP3..S) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘διαφθείρεται’ (V-IPP3..S) is always and only glossed as ‘is_being ruined’.

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘diaftheirō’ have 6 different glosses: ‘having_been ruined’, ‘is ruining’, ‘is_being ruined’, ‘to ruin’, ‘were ruined’, ‘ruining’.

Greek words (2) other than διαφθείρεται (V-IPP3..S) with a gloss related to ‘ruined’

1TIM 6:5 διεφθαρμένων (dieftharmenōn) V-PEP.GMP ‘constant_frictions having_been ruined of people the mind’ SR GNT 1Tim 6:5 word 3

REV 8:9 διεφθάρησαν (dieftharaʸsan) V-IAP3..P ‘third of the ships were ruined’ SR GNT Rev 8:9 word 23

Key: V=verb IAP3..P=indicative,aorist,passive,3rd person plural IPP3..S=indicative,present,passive,3rd person singular PEP.GMP=participle,perfect,passive,genitive,masculine,plural